Religion, spirituality and belief: Area deprivation and socioeconomic status
The report, Overview of Equality Results from the 2011 Census Release 2, presents findings from the 2011 census relating to ethnicity, religion, and disability in Scotland, including religion by area deprivation and socioeconomic status.
In 2011:
- Those who reported having no religion were fairly evenly distributed across different deprivation deciles.
- Those who reported Church of Scotland as their religion were more likely to live in less deprived areas, while those identifying as Roman Catholic were more likely to live in more deprived areas.
- The population reporting their religion as Jewish, Sikh, Hindu, or Buddhist had higher proportions living in less deprived deciles than in more deprived deciles.
- Those who reported Muslim as their religion were more likely to live in more deprived areas.
More information on religion by area deprivation can be found in Dimensions of Diversity (2010) (4.4MB).
More information on the links between deprivation and health can be found on the ScotPHO pages for deprivation.
Please note: If you require the most up-to-date data available, please check the data sources directly as new data may have been published since these data pages were last updated. Although we endeavour to ensure that the data pages are kept up-to-date, there may be a time lag between new data being published and the relevant ScotPHO web pages being updated.
